Reply to: Panama

[AtW]

Wouldn't it be ironic if David Gauke was hiding his money in Panama?

The problem is the British press would never look for that info in case it was true.

How is your loan repayment going?

[AtW]

Wouldn't it be ironic if David Gauke was hiding his money in Panama? The problem is the British press would never look for that info in case it was true.

They will for sure.

[SantaClaus]

Wouldn't it be ironic if David Gauke was hiding his money in Panama?

The problem is the British press would never look for that info in case it was true.

[OwlHoot]

Oh, so perhaps after all the whole thing wasn't organised by the CIA to discredit Putin.

Unless it was, and they're pushing a few Yanks off the back of the sledge to throw the press hounds off the scent.

Well, it seems President Putin reckons it was:

2016-04-07 Putin Denounces "Panama Papers" As U.S. Plot To Destabilize Russia

[shaunbhoy]

What? Amanda Holden hiding a sausage at the front?

I'd let her help me with hiding my sausage!! Oooeerr missus!! Fnarr fnarr!

[SimonMac]

[MrMarkyMark]

What? Amanda Holden hiding a sausage at the front?

That's Tom Cruise.

[FatLazyContractor]

Apparently it's a 'private matter' so nothing will happen in the UK and the press will make sure of that:

What? Amanda Holden hiding a sausage at the front?

[BrilloPad]

Revealed: the tycoons and world leaders who built secret UK property empires | News | The Guardian

Revealed: the tycoons and world leaders who built secret UK property empires

I hope they get forced to sell them all.....

[darmstadt]

Apparently it's a 'private matter' so nothing will happen in the UK and the press will make sure of that:

[Pondlife]

The prime minister of Iceland has asked the president to dissolve parliament after allegations he concealed millions of dollars worth of investments in an offshore company.

Panama Papers: Iceland prime minister seeks early poll - BBC News

[darmstadt]

Obviously the proprietor of the Daily Express is implicated somewhere otherwise:



(This maybe photoshopped, or not....)

[BrilloPad]

I will forgive David Cameron IF he closes the big company loophole enabling them to pay almost zero tax and issues APNs against everyone else involved.

Cue NAT reminding me that even at my advanced years I am still naive. I still can't even work out how CUK moderation works.....

[DimPrawn]

Yawn....

It's what rich folks do, no surprises here.

Let's hope they're not going to drag this out for months on end. I mean, it's not that they'd like to divert our attention from anything else

Exactly, it's how you stay rich. If you are moving millions or billions around the globe and you park your money in a UK bank or some such, first you are only covered for about £60K and secondly our loverly govt would slap tax and vat on it somehow.

I worked for a big FTSE company some years back, on a system that listed their subsidiary companies. They hade hundreds in BVI, Cayman etc called "Special Investment Vehicle 104 Limited" etc

It's where all the money sits, awaiting dividend release or investment.

[Gumbo Robot]

Yawn....

It's what rich folks do, no surprises here.

Let's hope they're not going to drag this out for months on end. I mean, it's not that they'd like to divert our attention from anything else